Category: movies
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STAY PRAYED UP
STAY PRAYED UP, the Inspiring Story of Legendary Gospel Music Group The Branchettes, Coming to Limited Theaters June 17. GREENWICH ENTERTAINMENT ACQUIRES D.L. ANDERSON AND MATT DURNING’S STAY PRAYED UP Stay Prayed Up, a documentary of harmony, fellowship, and a “church gospel noisy crew” is poised to release in limited theaters June 17, 2022, followed by…
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JUSTICE FILM FESTIVAL RETURNS FOR TENTH ANNIVERSARY MARCH 2022; ADDS WEST COAST EVENT IN SAN DIEGO
NEW YORK, NEW YORK —Following a virtual film festival in 2020 and uncertainty regarding the COVID-19 global pandemic Justice Film Festival is pleased to announce its first in person events in over two years. The film festival will return to New York City for its 10th anniversary March 9-12 at its longtime home the Sheen…
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Angel Studios Receives Massive Investment to ‘Give Hollywood a Remake’
Angel Studios, Streaming Platform Behind “The Chosen”, Raises $47 Million Investment Led by Gigafund to Give Hollywood a Remake (Provo, UT—January 5, 2021) Angel Studios, the streaming platform behind the most successful crowdfunded shows of all time, has raised $47 million to bring control of the entertainment industry back to consumers and creators. The round…
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If God Called You to a War Zone, Would You Go? A Review of “Free Burma Rangers”
What if God called you to leave your comfortable life in the US to help people in some of the most perilous places in the world? What if He said this wasn’t a short-term mission trip. He was asking you to move to Myanmar? or Iraq? or Syria? What if he told you to raise…
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Please, Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
“There are three ways to ultimate success: The first way is to be kind. The second way is to be kind. The third way is to be kind.” – Mr. Rogers Do you remember childhood television, before the days of school and stress? In the 70s, my days were simple. We lived on a big…
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Getting to Know the Heart Behind HEAVENQUEST –
We had the amazing opportunity to check out a pre-screening of HEAVENQUEST: A Pilgrim’s Progress. The film imagines an origin story surrounding the character Vangel (better known as The Evangelist in the Pilgrim’s Progress book). The film’s back-story is as interesting as the movie. Check out this conversation with Director Matt Bilen, Writer/Actress Rachel Tan,…
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ROMA – absolute perfection
What do you do with a film that is in 2 different languages, had no big stars in the cast, was in black and white, had essentially no action sequences, surprisingly little dialogue, and is only available in select theaters? This year, you take it seriously. Very seriously. When I heard about ROMA late in…
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The Least of These, Reminding us the potential cost of following Christ
I don’t often think about the daily lives of missionaries around the world. While I live in my all-American, suburban fixer-upper, I get comfortable. I may not take my daily time with Christ as seriously as I should. I don’t live in a sense of taking everything to the Lord in prayer. I get stuck…
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Review: Social Animals.
I was thrilled to have the opportunity to attend a screening of the new documentary, SOCIAL ANIMALS that just released in December. (Mind you – this is not the fictional movie Social Animals that also came out in 2018. That film looks terrible. Avoid at all costs!!!) I’m talking about the documentary SOCIAL ANIMALS. SOCIAL…
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Getting to know Bruce Stacey – Writer and Director of The Ice Dragon
While there were so many incredible projects we discovered when we attended NRB this year, one of the highlights was discovering the delightful animated film Ice Dragon: Legend of the Blue Daisies. (not to be confused with the J.R.R.Martin book The Ice Dragon…which is a very different story!) In the film, Melody and her friend…